KSB SE+CO.KGAA VZO.
KSB3.XETRA | Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves
KSB SE & Co. KGaA is a German multinational corporation and one of the world's leading manufacturers of pumps, valves, and related systems. The company's product portfolio includes pumps for various applications such as building services, industry, water transport, energy, and mining. KSB also manuf...Show More
Better Health for All
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KSB's core business in wastewater treatment and providing access to safe drinking water delivers substantial health benefits by preventing waterborne diseases and addressing contamination.
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The company's products are not associated with harmful health outcomes.
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KSB's operations generate positive health externalities through improved wastewater treatment, which reduces pollution, and by supporting filtering systems in Kenya to provide safe drinking water, mitigating issues like fluoride contamination.
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The company is not a pharmaceutical or food company, so related KPIs are not applicable.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess KSB SE+CO.KGAA VZO on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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KSB reported a pay ratio of 14:1 for the highest-paid individual to the median employee in 2024, based on direct monetary remuneration components.
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The recordable work-related accident rate for its own workforce was 2.136 per 200,000 hours in 2024.
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The company reported a gender pay gap of 12%, meaning women earn 88% of men's pay.
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An employee engagement score of 77% was recorded in 2024, with a 91% response rate.
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Voluntary employee turnover was 9.7% in 2024.
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The company reported zero complaints of discrimination, including harassment, filed through internal channels in 2024, and zero fines, penalties, or compensation for damages from such incidents.
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The share of the total workforce on temporary contracts was 7.4% in 2024.
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All of KSB's own workforce (100%) is covered by the company’s health and safety management system.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific, quantitative data regarding KSB3.XETRA's fair trade and ethical sourcing practices, such as fair-trade certification share, audit frequency, forced/child labour incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend, was found in the provided articles.
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The articles explicitly state that such data is not mentioned or not provided.
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Honest & Fair Business
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KSB has an external reporting channel for whistleblowers, complaints, and human rights/environmental risks throughout the supply chain, with an external counsel appointed to receive reports and guaranteed anonymity.
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Internal reporting channels also exist, with anonymity possible upon request.
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KSB also has a Code of Conduct that outlines principles for commercial and legal policy, including financial markets and country-specific conduct.
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However, there is no evidence of training frequency or effectiveness metrics for this policy.
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Kind to Animals
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KSB is a manufacturer of pumps, valves, and related systems.
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The provided articles contain no evidence of the company engaging in activities that would typically fall under 'Kind to Animals' KPIs, such as animal testing, using animal-derived ingredients, or operating animal agriculture. Therefore, most KPIs are scored as N/A. While KSB is involved in general ecological projects and aims to protect the environment,
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and plants trees around a new factory,
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the articles do not provide measurable biodiversity impact, species recovery, or habitat restoration metrics required to score the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI.
No War, No Weapons
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess KSB3.XETRA against any of the 'No War, No Weapons' KPIs. The articles discuss a legal form change
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, a sustainability project involving pump donations
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, and a general compliance program
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, but do not contain information regarding arms contracts, dual-use technologies, sales to sanctioned regimes, peacebuilding investments, conflict divestment policies, board oversight of defense, export end-user certificates, lobbying on arms control, humanitarian procurement, human rights due diligence in conflict areas, Arms Trade Treaty compliance, AI military safeguards, UN Guiding Principles alignment, dual-use screening, surveillance transparency, ethical red lines, exposure to controversial weapons, war risk audits, conflict partner reviews, defense divestment, conflict minerals, peace tech investment, conflict zone procurement, or ethical red lines compliance.
Planet-Friendly Business
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KSB's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions (market-based) for 2024 were 264,221,323 tCO2eq, with Scope 3 emissions, primarily from the use of sold products, accounting for 263,348,583 tCO2eq.
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The company's current greenhouse gas reduction targets are not yet officially recognized or formally validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and it withdrew its near-term targets as of January 2025.
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In 2024, 32.07% of KSB's total energy consumption was sourced from renewables.
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KSB was unable to report any taxonomy-aligned capital expenditure in the 2024 financial year.
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The company conducted life cycle assessments for a few selected products.
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KSB did not use any carbon offsets in the reporting year.
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The company is not currently committed to net-zero emissions and plans to publish a transition plan in the medium term.
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KSB completed resilience analyses using climate scenario analysis recommended by the TCFD, assessing three climate scenarios (+4 °C, +2 °C, and +1.5 °C).
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KSB production sites in Lille (France), Pune, Shirwal, Sinnar, Vambori (India), and Querétaro (Mexico) are located in areas of high water stress.
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KSB employees support a reforestation initiative in the Harz Mountains in northern Germany, and the company used the WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter to quantify biodiversity-related impacts and risks.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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KSB has no reported cultural appropriation incidents.
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The company states that Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes are not applicable to its operations.
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KSB's whistleblower system, available to all stakeholders, supports submissions in German and English, which indicates limited local language incorporation.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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The company experienced a cyber attack on April 6th/7th, 2022, which led to operational constraints.
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A data breach involving 46GB of data was discovered on August 18, 2022.
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During the initial cyber attack, no encryption was detected, indicating a significant lack of data protection.
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The company established a task force with external cybersecurity and data forensic experts to restore operations.
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The announcement of the cyber attack complied with regulatory disclosure requirements.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No specific, quantitative data was found in the provided articles regarding KSB's waste diversion rates, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back program coverage, circular design principles, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability scores, waste audit frequency, zero waste certifications, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging-to-product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education.
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The articles primarily focus on CO2 emissions reduction, renewable energy use, and general materials expertise, which do not directly map to the KPIs for Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.